Works

unfinished works

instrumentation: solo voice and piano ♦ In the summer of 1886, two years after setting Goethe’s famous poem Mignon to music (RC 12), Diepenbrock turned to another poem from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship): Mign…

Diepenbrock makes no mention of his draft of Het daghet uyt den Oosten (The Sun Rises in the East) in his correspondence. Moreover, the manuscript bears no date, so we can only guess when and why he s…

instrumentation: solo voice and orchestra ♦ In spring 1903 Diepenbrock orchestrated the two songs for tenor on texts by Jacques Perk (1859-1881), which he had composed in April 1885 and March 1900: Avondzang (Evening Song, RC 13/59) and Zij slu…

In 1907 Diepenbrock orchestrated several of his earlier songs for alto and piano. Most likely in January he took up Kann ich im Busen heisse Wünsche tragen (Can I Carry Hot Desires in My Heart, RC 55)…

instrumentation: vocal quartet ♦ After composing three vocal quartets on texts by Goethe (RC 85, 86, 87) for Gerard Zalsman’s ensemble of soloists within one week in August 1908, Diepenbrock resolved to set the poem Der Abend (The Ev…

instrumentation: soprano, alto and organ ♦ After Diepenbrock had made two attempts at setting Brentano’s poem Der Abend (The Evening) for vocal quartet (see RC 88) on 22 August 1908, he drastically changed his approach. He chose a setting for …

instrumentation: solo voice and piano ♦ As a young man Diepenbrock greatly admired the poetry by Willem Kloos and at a later age he was often moved by the beauty of his verses as well. However, he never set any of Kloos’ many poems to music…

instrumentation: solo voice and piano ♦ The day after completing his song on a text by Verlaine Puisque l’aube grandit (Since Dawn Awoke, RC 97) on 19 July 1909, Diepenbrock made a start with a setting of Sérénade – also by Verlaine – on p.…